Appleton's Modern School Atlas / Edited By George Philip and W.R. McConnell

• Record Nr.: UNIORUON00019889
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Appleton-Century Company, 1928
• Descrizione fisica: 58 p. ; 28 cm
• Classificazione: ATL I
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Among the powers of the earth : the American Revolution and the making of a new world empire / / Eliga H. Gould

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910971361603321
• Autore: Gould Eliga H
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2012
• ISBN: 9780674065024; 0674065026; 9780674068261; 0674068262
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 973.3/2
• Soggetti: International relations - United States; United States Foreign relations 1775-1783; United States Foreign relations 1783-1815; United States International status History; United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Influence; United States Territorial expansion
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- MAPS -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. On the Margins of Europe -- Chapter 2. The Law of Slavery -- Chapter 3. Pax Britannica -- Chapter 4. Independence -- Chapter 5. A Slaveholding Republic -- Chapter 6. The New World and the Old -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: For most Americans, the Revolution's main achievement is summed up by the phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Yet far from a straightforward attempt to be free of Old World laws and customs, the American founding was also a bid for inclusion in the community of nations as it existed in 1776. America aspired to diplomatic recognition under international law and the authority to become a colonizing power itself. As Eliga Gould shows in this reappraisal of American history, the Revolution was an international transformation of the first importance. To conform to the public law of Europe's imperial powers, Americans crafted a union nearly as centralized as the one they had overthrown, endured taxes heavier than any they had faced as British colonists, and remained entangled with European Atlantic empires long after the Revolution ended. No factor weighed more heavily on Americans than the legally plural Atlantic where they hoped to build their empire. Gould follows the region's transfiguration from a fluid periphery with its own rules and norms to a place where people of all descriptions were expected to abide by the laws of Western Europe-"civilized" laws that precluded neither slavery nor the dispossession of Native Americans.

Academic Women in the Arab Region : The Intersection of Class and Gender / / by Valentina Fedele, Loretta Dell’Aguzzo, Giuseppe Lubrano Lavadera

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911018656703321
• Autore: Fedele Valentina
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025
• ISBN: 3-031-98227-4
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2025.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (182 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): Dell'AguzzoLoretta; LavaderaGiuseppe Lubrano
• Disciplina: 305.3
• Soggetti: Sex; Education, Higher; Inclusive education; Feminist economics; Gender Studies; Higher Education; Inclusive Education; Feminist Economics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction -- 2. Gender Disparities in South Mediterranean Arab Universities -- 3. Gender Equality in the Academy -- 4. Intersectional Searching: Gender, Class, and Wasta -- 5. Methodology: A Mixed Method Approach -- 6. Women Identities and Living Experiences.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book offers the first systematic study of gender equality in academia in the South Mediterranean region, with a unique focus on the intersection of gender and class. Drawing on rich qualitative data from in-depth interviews with female academics in the region, this analysis moves beyond traditional bibliometric approaches to explore the deeper structural factors behind women’s underrepresentation in senior academic roles. By combining survey, web scraped and interview data, the book examines the challenges women face throughout their careers and investigates whether female academics share the same ; socio-economic backgrounds as women in the wider society, or if they come from more privileged groups. In particular, this book considers whether those who succeed in academia possess higher levels of family capital. This analysis sheds light on the complex dynamics shaping women’s academic trajectories in the region. It will be of interest to students and scholars in gender studies, intersectional economics, education, and Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) studies. Valentina Fedele is Associate Professor of Sociology of Cultural and Communicative Processes at Link Campus University, Italy. Her main research interests focus on the articulation and (self-)representation of contemporary social movements in North Africa and socio-cultural issues connected with the diasporic communities of MENA countries. Loretta Dell’Aguzzo is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Link Campus University, Italy. Her research interests focus on authoritarian regimes and democratization processes, both from a domestic and international perspective. Her research primarily concentrates on post-communist countries and the MENA region. Giuseppe Lubrano Lavadera is an Associate Professor at Link Campus University, Italy. His research covers a range of topics, from social aspects—such as social capital and the overeducation of PhD holders—to business-related issues.